Voting booth



l. ZINSER VOTING BOOTH Nov. 14, 193,9.

Filed Nov. 4, 1938 Patented Nov. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES VOTING BOOTHIrwin Zinser, St. Louis,

Mo., assignor to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., acorporation of Maryland Application November 4, 1938, Serial No. 238,722

3 Claims.

My invention relates to Voting booths or the like and has for itsprincipal object a light Weight inexpensive construction which is easilyportable and which is easily assembled and disassembled.

The invention consists principally in the voting booth and in the partsand combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. l is a front elevation of a voting booth embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 isv an enlarged sectional View on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional View on the line 4-t in Fig. l,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 5-5 in Fig. l; and

Fig. 6 is an end view of the booth in the ilat.

Described generally, the voting booth is preferably made ofcorrugatedboard, berboard or other lightweight material and includes an end Walll, side walls 2, a Writing shelf 3 and a collapsible frame 4 forsupporting said shelf 3, securing the booth in set up position andbracing said booth.

Said frame member 4 is a tubular box-like member with end Walls 5extending from side Wall 2 to side Wall 2 of the booth and restingIthereagainst. The ends 5 of said frame member have projecting tongues 5and the side Walls of the booth have corresponding openings l throughwhich said tongues may be inserted, said openings preferably being onlypartially cut out so as to leave flaps S which hold down the tongues 6.The rear Wall 9 of said supporting frame is preferably spaced slightlyfrom the rear Wall 4l of the booth and the Writing shelf 3 is hinged tothe top of the front Wall of said frame 4 and folded against the top ofsaid rear Wall 9.When the booth is set up. Adhesive strips IG may beprovided to secure theshelf into position.

The booth may be shipped or delivered substantially in the flat, one endWall 5 of said frame 4 being secured to one side wall of the booth. Insetting up the booth, itis quite simple to place the side Walls 2thereof in position, set up the frame 4 and secure the second end. Wall5 thereof to the other side wall 2 of the booth, then folding over theshelf 3 on said frame and securing it in position by the strips I0'.

The above described construction is very simple and inexpensive and itis easily shipped or delivered to a voting place. If used more than onetime, the booths may be again disassembled, thus greatly reducing theamount of storage space required and the corrugated board preferablyused in the construction of the booth is inexpensive enough that it ispractical to use the booth a single time. Obviously numerous changes maybe made Without departing from the invention and I do not wish to belimited to the precise construction shown.

What I claim is:

1. A voting booth or the like of corrugated board or like materialcomprising an end wall and side Walls hingedly connected together, acollapsible tubular frame having end walls adapted Ato t against andbrace the side Walls of said booth in set-up position, and a shelfhingedly secured to the top of a side Wall of said frame.

2. A voting booth or the like of corrugated board o-r like materialcomprising an end Wall and side walls hingedly connected together, acollapsible tubular frame having end Walls adapted to fit against andbrace the side Walls of said booth in set-up position, said end Wallshaving tongues fitting in openings provided therefor in said side Wallsand a shelf hingedly secured to the top of a side Wall of said frame.

3. A voting boo-th or the like of corrugated board or like materialco-mprising an end Wall and side Walls hingedly connected together, acollapsible tubular frame having end walls adapted to t against andbrace the side Walls of said booth in set-up position, said end wallshaving tongues fitting in openings provided therefor in said side Walls,flaps in said openings bearing against said tongues, and a shelfhingedly secured to the top of a side wall of said frame.

IRWIN ZINSER.

